Trump took credit for saving “1,100 jobs” at the Carrier plant in Indianapolis “from going to Mexico.” But the company told us that the agreement prevents 800 factory jobs from going to Mexico. Another 300 jobs in “headquarters and engineering” at the plant were never going to be shifted to Mexico.
Kinda like those Ford jobs he ‘saved’ a few months back that were never in peril to begin with.
Bullshit! Probably 99% of the politicians in both parties are millionaires so what is the cartoonist suggesting; that President Elect Trump appoint impoverished Americans to his cabinet? What Americans want (and liberals can’t grasp) is good jobs and a secure economic future for them and their families. For that you need successful business leaders in the Cabinet to realize those dreams.
It was not that long ago (and may still be the case) that you could find highly qualified public servants in those categories from the ranks of those on blacklists because of their support of the constitution.
The first mention of other candidates, ideologies or countries as justification for your sides immorality and corruption, automatically loses you the debate.
Complex problems will not be solved by replacing old incompetents with new ones with their simple short-term solutions that do not apply to long term governing needs. The government should be doing the necessary things that individuals and corporations are unwilling or unable to accomplish effectively and efficiently themselves (e,g) infrastructure, pragmatic regulations. We should not be trying to run it exclusively like a business (making the next quarter look good), … although exploiting our assets to create a continuous revenue stream would be better than continuous taxation.
Only 3/4 of a Breitbart’s law fail on that one. The other half fails on it’s own lack of merit – “At least (they) made it on their own…”. These same Wall St. people recently crashed the stock market and stole all our money.
ChevJames007: the majority of Trump’s appointees got where they are the same way he did, inherited cash and or position. Education being run by the Amway fortune is a little like Trump University for quality, teach like an Egyptian, pyramid schemes that is!
Regarding Trump’s Carrier deal: For the purposes of discussion, let us say that the tax incentives were five million dollars, over five years, and that it saved 1,000 jobs for the same period. That means taxes of 1 million dollars per year have to be used to offset the hand-out to Carrier. Theoretically then, each worker whose job was saved would have to pay $1,000 in taxes to cover the cost. Assuming the tax burden is spread across the tax-paying population of Indiana, the impact on each person would be less. However, when the rest of the manufacturers start asking for their corporate welfare…
eeeu, “Common workers”! I remember when a socialist longshoreman was the darling of the conservatives, his book praised and promoted by President Eisenhower. This was when the DAR was working to ban choral music in public schools because the easy to sing music was “folk music and work songs” and that was communist. I remember that time was when some of the homeless were former leaders in their community or in the arts, but blacklisted into poverty. (I escaped that one myself by going into exile in Canada for six years.)
habfan40 over 7 years ago
Who would the Dems appoint? Common workers? homeless people?
Moxie over 7 years ago
Trump took credit for saving “1,100 jobs” at the Carrier plant in Indianapolis “from going to Mexico.” But the company told us that the agreement prevents 800 factory jobs from going to Mexico. Another 300 jobs in “headquarters and engineering” at the plant were never going to be shifted to Mexico.
Kinda like those Ford jobs he ‘saved’ a few months back that were never in peril to begin with.
http://www.snopes.com/donald-trump-brokers-deal-with-carrier-to-keep-jobs-in-america/
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/12/trumps-campaign-style-exaggerations/
Happy Two Shoes over 7 years ago
Correction, Wall Street billionaires were given posts.
The cabinet by and for the 1%.
sandflea over 7 years ago
We now really do have a Government of the rich, by the rich and for the rich.
ellisc over 7 years ago
Bullshit! Probably 99% of the politicians in both parties are millionaires so what is the cartoonist suggesting; that President Elect Trump appoint impoverished Americans to his cabinet? What Americans want (and liberals can’t grasp) is good jobs and a secure economic future for them and their families. For that you need successful business leaders in the Cabinet to realize those dreams.
hippogriff over 7 years ago
Mike Menard
It was not that long ago (and may still be the case) that you could find highly qualified public servants in those categories from the ranks of those on blacklists because of their support of the constitution.
Guy Fawkes over 7 years ago
↑ Godwin’s law, Poes’ law, now Breitbart’s law.
The first mention of other candidates, ideologies or countries as justification for your sides immorality and corruption, automatically loses you the debate.
superposition over 7 years ago
Complex problems will not be solved by replacing old incompetents with new ones with their simple short-term solutions that do not apply to long term governing needs. The government should be doing the necessary things that individuals and corporations are unwilling or unable to accomplish effectively and efficiently themselves (e,g) infrastructure, pragmatic regulations. We should not be trying to run it exclusively like a business (making the next quarter look good), … although exploiting our assets to create a continuous revenue stream would be better than continuous taxation.
Guy Fawkes over 7 years ago
Only 3/4 of a Breitbart’s law fail on that one. The other half fails on it’s own lack of merit – “At least (they) made it on their own…”. These same Wall St. people recently crashed the stock market and stole all our money.
Dtroutma over 7 years ago
ChevJames007: the majority of Trump’s appointees got where they are the same way he did, inherited cash and or position. Education being run by the Amway fortune is a little like Trump University for quality, teach like an Egyptian, pyramid schemes that is!
piobaire over 7 years ago
Regarding Trump’s Carrier deal: For the purposes of discussion, let us say that the tax incentives were five million dollars, over five years, and that it saved 1,000 jobs for the same period. That means taxes of 1 million dollars per year have to be used to offset the hand-out to Carrier. Theoretically then, each worker whose job was saved would have to pay $1,000 in taxes to cover the cost. Assuming the tax burden is spread across the tax-paying population of Indiana, the impact on each person would be less. However, when the rest of the manufacturers start asking for their corporate welfare…
hippogriff over 7 years ago
Jase99
eeeu, “Common workers”! I remember when a socialist longshoreman was the darling of the conservatives, his book praised and promoted by President Eisenhower. This was when the DAR was working to ban choral music in public schools because the easy to sing music was “folk music and work songs” and that was communist. I remember that time was when some of the homeless were former leaders in their community or in the arts, but blacklisted into poverty. (I escaped that one myself by going into exile in Canada for six years.)
KenseidenXL over 7 years ago
Happy now? You wanted Trump, so suck it!
William Bednar Premium Member over 7 years ago
Not to worry about losing jobs. Donnie has plenty of (tax) money to bribe companies with.